There's some lovely riding south of Besancon in the Doubs region. The D67 runs along a lovely gorge (the name of which escapes me). Stay off the main roads, heading to Yvredon les Bains, then make for Gruyere, home of the cheese - you can visit the cheese factory if you like, but your time would probably be better spent going into the old village for a coffee. Then head cross country to Thun and up into the hills to take - as has already been suggested - the Panoramastrasse. In short, I'd suggest this way - which, with a bit of tinkering, can be done without a vignette.
Hello Simon,
I'm not long back from a three week European tour (including two motoGPs) covering 5200 miles including most of the RdGA and a lot of the usual high pass suspects. Hopefully, my wife will ride her bike with me next year and as I'm not really a fan of 0º radius bends climbing mountain passes she certainly won't be! What are the chances of your magazine "Ride" (which I subscribe to) doing an article on sweeping bend roads with glorious vistas along the lines of the Route de Napoleon? Not everybody finds the north side of the Stelvio Pass fun!
TIA,
Iain